IT and R&amp;D services company MindTree has launched a Spend Analysis Solution targeting the manufacturing industry. The Bangalore-based company, which has a good exposure to the manufacturing industry, said the solution will offer enhanced control and optimisation of the procurement costs for companies in the manufacturing space.

MindTree launches new solution for mfg industry

Business Standard

State-run MTNL today became the first to commercially rolled out third generation services, under which a customer would be able to access live TV, movie downloads and high speed Internet on mobile phones, at a monthly rental of Rs 599 and a call charge of 60 paise per minute.

MTNL rolls out 3G services commercially

Press Trust of India

Global IT services firm Computer Science Corp (CSC) is expanding its partnership in the SOA and testing development space by tying up with software testing and validation services firm Interactive TKO Inc (iTKO). Both companies will jointly provide SOA testing services and software to customers out of India to optimise their multi-tiered, service-based architectures.

CSC ropes in iTKO as SOA partner

IT and R&amp;D services company MindTree has launched a Spend Analysis Solution targeting the manufacturing industry, the largest vertical in terms of revenue contribution for the company&rsquo;s IT services business. The Bangalore-based company said the solution will offer enhanced control and optimisation of the procurement costs for companies in the manufacturing space.

MindTree ups focus on manufacturing vertical

G S Sanyal School of Telecommunications, IIT Kharagpur, which recently partnered with Vodafone to set up Vodafone Essar-IIT Center of Excellence in Telecommunication, on institute campus, has received Rs 12 crore from the company for five years to carry out research projects of relevance to Vodafone.

G S Sanyal telecom school identifies new research areas for Vodafone

Russian telecom major Sistema, which has a 74 per cent stake in a joint venture with Delhi-based Shyam Telelink, got an all-India Unified Access Service Licence (UASL) last year. It is the first among the new entrants to kick-off its services, with a launch in Rajasthan four months ago. Vsevolod Rozanov, president and CEO, Sistema Shyam TeleServices spoke to Surajeet Das Gupta and Ishita Russell about his strategy to become an all-India operator in 22 circles over the next eighteen months.

'Our rivals' customers are now moving to us'

Software giant IBM is offering its recently laid-off employees jobs in &quot;growth markets&quot; like India and Russia through a new programme and will help with moving costs as well as provide visa assistance, media reports said.

IBM offers jobs in India to laid-off workers: report

Reliance Communications (RCom) today announced the launch of Reliance Mobile GSM service in over 50 towns and more than 5,000 villages in the state.

RCom launches GSM services in J&K

Get laid off, or move East. Big Blue IBM has made this offer to those of its North American (the US and Canada) employees suffering the pink slip blues &mdash; work out of the company's offices in developing markets such as India, China, Nigeria and Brazil.

IBM offers laid-off staff jobs in the East

The defence and communications ministries today agreed to set up a dedicated alternative network for the defence services so that the spectrum occupied by them could be vacated for the existing 2G and 3G services.

Defence, telecom ministries agree on alternative network

GSM major Vodafone-Essar is planning to raise $2.04 billion (around Rs 10,000 crore) bridge loan to be used for general corporate purposes.

Vodafone-Essar to raise $2.04 bn

Rishi Khiani, COO, Web18, might have difficulty deciding whether he likes the email function on his BlackBerry or the snooze button, but he is sure that his customised Nike shoes, which connect to his iPod, are worth showing off while exercising.

Banished from memory

Senate votes to prohibit bailed-out banks from replacing laid-off workers with foreign guest workers.

Move on H1B curbs may hit Indian IT firms

Riding on the fast-growing mobile telephony, US-based cellphone major Motorola today announced the launch of three mid-to-high segment mobile phones targeting youth with music-rich features and profesionals with Wi-Fi-enabled handsets.

Motorola eyes youth, professionals; to launch new range in Q1

Nielsen Online, an independent measurement and analysis of online audiences, consumer behaviour and advertising firm and a part of The Nielsen Company (formerly AC Nielsen), launched its services in India.

Nielsen Online launches service in India

Samsung, one of the world&rsquo;s largest mobile phone makers, is rejigging its sales and distribution network in northern India for better market penetration.

Samsung Mobile rejigging distribution plans for north

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has completed an ERP implementation at the Cochin Port Trust (CPT) in a record time of 10 months, according to a company release. With this, the operational, financials, real estate and human resources assets of CPT have been integrated on a single platform or Integrated Port Information System. Christened &lsquo;e-thuramugham&rsquo; or ePort, the project once fully functional, will provide real-time interface with customs, port users, banks and the port community system of the Indian Ports Association. The system will provide single window facility to the trade for filing applications, receiving service bills, payments and enquiries, TCS said.

TCS completes ERP project for Cochin port

Google India has launched a new mobile campaign in Tamil Nadu called &ldquo;Internet Bus&rdquo; to create awareness among the rural people on the Internet.

Google launches new mobile campaign

Low-cost computing is all set to grow, but if the Rs 500-Sakshat is also to be called a &lsquo;laptop&rsquo;, it confuses users and hurts the market, says Leslie D&rsquo;Monte.

Leslie D'Monte: What's in a name? A lot, perhaps

In a move to boost exports, the government is likely to extend the interest subvention on export-related loans by nine more months to December 31, 2009. An announcement on the extension of this key export sop is likely before the end of February, government sources said.

Interest subvention scheme to get extension

Infotech Enterprises, a Hyderabad-based provider of engineering design, geospatial information and IT services, is planning to close &ldquo;two good-sized acquisitions&rdquo; in the aerospace domain in the next six months, said Krishna Bodanapu, senior vice-president (manufacturing services).

Infotech eyes two acquisitions in aerospace sector

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